Exeter Chiefs vs Gloucester Rugby

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Exeter Chiefs

15 Josh Hodge
14 Jack Nowell
13 Ian Whitten
12 Solomona Kata
11 Olly Woodburn
10 Harvey Skinner
9 Sam Maunder
1 Scott Sio
2 Jack Innard
3 Harry Williams
4 Jonny Gray
5 Daffyd Jenkins
6 Dave Ewers
7 Jannes Kirsten
8 Greg Fisilau

Replacements

16 Dan Frost
17 James Kenny
18 Patrick Shickerling
19 Jack Dunne
20 Aidon Davies
21 Jack Maunder
22 Joe Simmonds
23 Rory O’Loughlin

Gloucester

Starting XV

15. Santi Carreras

14. Jonny May*

13. Chris Harris

12. Seb Atkinson

11. Ollie Thorley*

10. Billy Twelvetrees

9. Ben Meehan



1. Val Rapava-Ruskin

2. Seb Blake*

3. Kirill Gotovtsev

4. Cam Jordan

5. Matias Alemanno

6. Ruan Ackermann

7. Lewis Ludlow (c)*

8. Albert Tuisue



Replacements

16. Henry Walker*

17. Harry Elrington

18. Jamal Ford-Robinson

19. Freddie Clarke*

20. Ben Morgan

21. Charlie Chapman*

22. Tom Seabrook*

23. Lloyd Evans

Match Officials:

Referee: Tom Foley
Assistant Referees: Craig Maxwell-Keys and Phil Watters.
TMO: David Rose.
Citing Officer: Greg Garner

Weather Forecast as at 1200 Friday

Partly cloudy with light winds from the north
Temperature degrees but will feel like 3 degrees
Low chance of rain.

Television Coverage

SD Channel 409 BT Sports 2 from 1615
HD Channel 431 BT Sports 2 from 1615

Pre match notes from Gallagher Premiership Sit:

Exeter Chiefs last seven matches in Gallagher Premiership Rugby have all been won by the home side on the day. The Chiefs have lost only once at Sandy Park in Premiership Rugby since last March: 20-22 to Saracens on 22 October.
Gloucester Rugby have won just two of their last seven Gallagher Premiership Rugby matches, but those two victories have both been in the space of the last four rounds. Gloucester have won only twice away from home in Premiership Rugby since the end of last January, in successive matches in October at Bath and at London Irish.
Gloucester beat Exeter 38-22 at Kingsholm in Round 8 and have never achieved a Gallagher Premiership Rugby season’s double over the Devonians. Gloucester have not beaten Exeter at Sandy Park in Premiership Rugby since January 2015 however they were victorious at the venue in the European Champions Cup in December 2018

Reckon it's going to be a close one, Chiefs 26 Glos 25

V close. They have a strong team. 17-15 Exe.

Chiefs 30 - 21 Glos

19-15 to Ex

Difficult to predict. Gloucs bench v strong and our back line looks a bit leaden with little creativity. Away I think we would likely lose but hope to squeak a win at home. Chiefs 32 Gloucs 30

Chiefs 31 Gloucester 24

Two very exciting sets of back three players. Carreras and Thorley are a real threat.

I suspect high scoring but close.

33-31 to chiefs.

Chiefs 34 Glaws 28

Chiefs 21 Gloucestershire 15

I have a bad feeling about this one. Exeter 17 - 23 Glaws

Big opportunity for Glaws as they have nobody away with the England squad, so should be a close game. Stop their driving maul and we have a great chance of winning.
Chiefs 31 Glaws 27

Why has Joe been left out of the starting 15 again? He seemed to be hitting good form recently. Having said that, Harvey Skinner is certainly a good replacement.
Anyway, back to our guesses.

Chiefs 33 21 Glaws

I wouldn't be surprised to see any result here! If we can sort out our scrum and lineout woes we could win well. If on the other hand we struggle in those areas we could get well beaten! Would agree Their bench looks stronger and that our backline lacks creativity.
Still hoping for a win Chiefs 26 Glaws 24

Chiefs 28 : Glaws 22 - keeping the faith

In Rob we trust.
By the way - cream on first. There's nothing to debate.

If Meehan and 36 get that Glos backline going we could be in for a tough afternoon. Think our bench is slightly stronger than theirs, so hopefully we can finish the game well. Going for Exe 33 Glos 31. BPs all round.

Exe 36 - 24 Glaws but I could be wrong.

Not easy this one, think it will be close and Carreras may well cause us some problems!
Both sides will be bouncing from their wins in Europe last week. A close finish me thinks : Chiefs 24 - 20 Glos

Chiefs 30 Gloucester 25

Not going to be able to make this one as heading to Plymouth. Going to be optimistic and say 28-25 Chiefs though.

Going against the grain here chiefs 19 Gloucester 32 but hope i am wrong.

Hope the officials pick up Thorley if he gets ahead of kicker, he’s too quick to give head starts. Pack is a worry, if we were the pack three seasons ago t would be a nail of win, but with our evolving packs you never know how it will play.
Defensive midfield so can’t pick a winner really but think being home should see us through.

Chiefs 27 24 but right now who knows!

Andy15.1 We are playing our 4th and 5th choice hookers. And without Varney and Polledri, who are with Italy.
Injured are Socino, Singleton, McGuigan, Hastings, Rees-Zammit, Mark Atkinson, Balmain, Ackermann and Reid. Seven of whom would be nailed on playing tomorrow if fit, along with Varney.
We travel in reasonable hope, given the outstanding result in Bordeaux last Saturday.

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Andy15.1 We are playing our 4th and 5th choice hookers. And without Varney and Polledri, who are with Italy.
Injured are Socino, Singleton, McGuigan, Hastings, Rees-Zammit, Mark Atkinson, Balmain, Ackermann and Reid. Seven of whom would be nailed on playing tomorrow if fit, along with Varney.
We travel in reasonable hope, given the outstanding result in Bordeaux last Saturday.

It should be a tight game, both teams have players missing which will make it interesting.

Chiefs 28 Gloucester 31

Chiefs 22 Glaws 29

Chiefs 28 - Glos 25

Hugely conflicted down here. Our back three are mustard on their day but the centres pairing is disappointing. Is Jonny Gray fully fit?
Mrs PC Ex 20 Glaws 27 (head)
PC Ex 22 Glaws 15 (heart)

Looking forward to seeing Hodge v Carreras.

Whitten v Harris - less so!

Not at all confident, but going Exe 31 - 26 Glaws anyway.

Think we have better players than them in areas, but those players are future stars and still learning. I to am concerned a bit with Whits who will give 110% but with JK we are lacking out and out pace which their backs are full of.
But we have Hodge who if they give him the slightest gap will punish them, and is growing in confidence every game.
Our pack as I mentioned earlier is the Jekyll and hide part. We are not playing our first Choice hookers either, but we are more mobile than we seem, the young players still have things to learn.
Good to see Aidon get a run out.

Chiefs 24 Glos 19

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Chiefs 24 Glos 19

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Mike slipped up this week by predicting a loss! It gives the rest of the pack a chance to close the gap which both SC and OTH did by getting the right result and correctly predicting Chiefs’ score!!
51 Points: Mike the Shirt;
49 Points: Scottish Chief; Ouch that hurts;
46 Points: Dumnoniinomad; Bold Eagle;
45 Points: Cornwall Chief; 45
42 Points: Rowancroft73;
41 Points: Andy15.1;
40 Points: Hankey; Lowerwatha;
39 Points: ExTedd Chief; Alain le Chief;
38 Points: Osmium; Chief Firewater;
37 Points: Plympton Chief;
34 Points: Not Manichean; Currychef;
33 Points: Keithbar54; Cully Chief;
32 Points: Stokecanon;
31 Points: Ex58;
30 Points: Big Chief Little Chief; Fisher;
28 Points: Mrs PC;
28 Points: Lapo;
27 Points: Ljs399;
21 Points: Moosechief;
18 Points: Broken Arrow; Exeterfan;
17 Points: Seaside Chief;
9 Points: Clalan;
8 Points: Chief Bert
6 Points: Whiptonchief; ChiefUther;
4 Points: Last of the Beercans; Minuteman;
A couple of weeks off for the front liners but Sale lie in wait in the Prem Cup in a couple of weeks time. Word is that George Ford will be making his Sale debut!